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Green light for major South Tyneside housing project

SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL are poised to construct 20 new eco-friendly homes in South Shields driving regeneration and employment in the area.

The £2m project will create 20 new two-bedroom bungalows in Druridge Crescent in Horsley Hill.

They will be designed primarily for over-60s and others who need ground-floor accommodation, in an area dominated by family housing.

The scheme is one of a number of housing projects supported by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in South Tyneside.

Brian Peel, head of area for the HCA, said: “This scheme will be a real boost for Horsley Hill.

“The new homes will be ideal for downsizers who want a smaller home in their own community, and will also free up larger houses for local families.”

Others projects in the vicinity include the regeneration of Cleadon Park, where the HCA is helping Isos Housing Group to create over 700 homes, and the development of new homes for older people at Rackly Way in Whitburn.

South Tyneside recently became the first council in the North East to complete the construction of new housing through the Homes and Communities Agency’s Local Authority New Build programme, unveiling new bungalows in Biddick Hall.

Like the recently completed homes at Biddick Hall, the bungalows will set a new standard for green living in South Tyneside, with energy efficiency measures bringing lower fuel bills and reduced CO2 emissions.

The Council has also pledged to boost local employment opportunities through the scheme, by working in partnership with FHM to create and safeguard apprenticeship places on developments across South Tyneside.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .